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The Superbar / Memorial Day 2024
« Last post by SoCalEagle on Today at 12:39:21 PM »
Taking a moment today to remember our fallen heroes who lost their lives in defense of our great country, including my Uncle Joseph who fought and died in Korea many years ago.  May they all Rest In Peace, and may we always honor the great sacrifice they made for us. 
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The Superbar / Re: RIP Bill Walton
« Last post by Jay Bee on Today at 12:34:33 PM »
I wondered how he'd live without the Pac-12. Turns out, he won't.

Interesting input. Sheesh
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The Superbar / Re: RIP Bill Walton
« Last post by brewcity77 on Today at 12:33:51 PM »
I wondered how he'd live without the Pac-12. Turns out, he won't.
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I'm going to guess you haven't taken many firefighter qualification examinations. You'd be surprised how much math, and college level math, is on there. Pumping dynamics are all mathematically based and understanding friction loss, pressures required to supply water vertically through a standpipe, and other mathematical concepts actually are relevant to public servants.

As far as philosophy, the bulk of the oral exam I took involved ethical questions and how to respond in various situations that mixed ethics and philosophy. All of those concepts go into the scoring system to differentiate candidates.

If anything, those topics have become more, not less, prevalent in recent years.
I have never taken a firefighters exam.

I was specific in the type of math I mentioned for a reason. My assumption is firefighters need significant knowledge of certain math, engineering, physics and chemistry.

And while, in a general sense, ethics is a branch of philosophy, but I don't think having logic based argument on the meaning of life or a background in the theories of Freud is a job requirement.
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The Superbar / RIP Bill Walton
« Last post by MuggsyB on Today at 12:28:55 PM »
Damn.   Only 71. 
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The Superbar / Re: Golf 2024
« Last post by Herman Cain on Today at 12:08:12 PM »
Grayson purged all pictures of his fiancĂ© from Instagram. According to media reports, the two of them  were supposed to get married on April 27 and it obviously didn't happen. Seems like per comments from Grayson she was a big part of helping him deal with his various demons.  Parents did not mention her in their statement as among those who loved Grayson. So wondering if this was a heart break situation compounded by all the other things. Everything about this is sad.

 
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Plaque Lives Matter! on Today at 12:07:06 PM »

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1795108612777415143

Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
BREAKING: Netanyahu says the air strike in Rafah on Sunday was "a tragic mistake" and adds that it will be investigated

This one seems to have had enough video footage of limbless charred bodies being extricated that even Netanyahu couldn't play it off anymore.
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The Superbar / Re: Tennis
« Last post by MU82 on Today at 11:33:28 AM »
What a career. Thanks for the great memories at Roland Garros (and elsewhere)!!

Great speech afterward.

And classy by Zverev to go out of his way to give Rafa the moment.
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The whole impetus for the changes in college sports have been based upon unfair labor practices. If you think that legislative changes and legal decisions were overstepping and unneeded for athletes who freely entered into the terms of their "employment", then to paint me as pedantic would be fair.

Every work place holds employees to some kind of standards.
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Hangin' at the Al / Re: Recruiting as of 3/15/24
« Last post by JakeBarnes on Today at 11:21:38 AM »
Less recruiting and more "current roster" but do we know when to expect Royce and Damarius to be on campus?

The answer was today.
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